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Voted: That the report of the Committee as presented be ac- cepted.
Article 2. To see if the town will vote to authorize the Town Treasurer and Collector of Taxes in his capacity of Town Treas- urer to borrow from time to time with the approval of the Select- men such sums of money as may be necessary not exceeding in the aggregate two hundred thousand dollars subject to Chapter 44 of the General Laws exclusive of the limitation contained in the first paragraph of Section 7 thereof and to issue bonds: or notes therefor which will bear on their face the words "Norwood Senior High School Loan Act of 1938" and to appropriate such sums for the purpose of constructing an addition to its senior high school and originally furnishing and equipping said addition in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 466 of the Acts of 1938 and to ap- point a committee to expend such sums for said purposes and take any other action relative thereto.
Voted: To so authorize the Town Treasurer, and further voted that the members of the present existing committee known as "The Special Committee of the Town of Norwood on the Henry O. Peabody Fund" and the present Chairman of the School Com- mittee be and they hereby are appointed a committee to expend such sums for said purpose.
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Resolution Under Article 2. "B"
Resolved: WHERAS, by action taken under Article 2 the Town Treasurer and Collector of Taxes in his capacity of Town Treasurer is authorized to borrow from time to time with the approval of the Selectmen sumsof money as stated in said action for the pur- poses of constructing an addition to the Senior High School and originally furnishing and equipping such addition it is understood nevertheless that such authority shall not be exercised and such borrowing shall not be undertaken, and such approval of the Select. men shall be withheld unless and until the decree in equity dated December 20, 1938 entered in the Probate Court for Suffolk County, Massachusetts by Honorable William M. Prest, Judge of said Pro- bate Court in Case No. 124484 on petition for instruction of the trustees under the will of Henry O. Peabody has become in all respects final and operative.
Voted: That this meeting be dissolved.
Attest: WALTER A. BLASENAK, Town Clerk and Accountant.
THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS TOWN OF NORWOOD 1
WARRANT FOR STATE PRIMARIES
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Norfolk, ss.
To either of the Constables of the Town of Norwood Greeting:
In the name of the Commonwealth you are hereby required to notify and warn the inhabitants of said town who are qualified to vote in Primaries to meet in the Junior High School Gymnasium on Washington Street, Tuesday, The Seventeenth Day of September 1940, at 8:45 o'clock 'A. M. for the following purposes.
To bring in their vote to the Primary Officers for the Nomination of Candidates of Political Parties for the following offices:
Governor, for this Commonwealth
Lieutenant Governor, for this Commonwealth
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Secretary of the Commonwealth, for this Commonwealth Treasurer and Receiver-General, for this Commonwealth Auditor of the Commonwealth, for this Commonwealth Attorney General, for this Commonwealth
Senator in Congress, for this Commonwealth
Representative in Congress, for Thirteenth Congressional Dis- trict
Councillor, for Second Councillor District
Senator, for Second Norfolk District
Two Representatives in General Court, Seventh Norfolk District
Two County Commissioners, for Norfolk County
Clerk of Court, for Norfolk County
Register of Deeds, for Norfolk County
Eleven Delegates to the State Convention of the Democratic Party
Eleven Delegates to the State Convention of the Republican Party
The polls will be open from 9:00 o'clock in the forenoon to 8:00 o'clock in the afternoon.
Hereof fail not and make return of this warrant with your do- ings thereon at the time and place of said meeting.
Given under our hands this Third day of September A. D. 1940.
CHARLES E. HOUGHTON, HERBERT V. BRADY, JOHN E. FOLAN,
Selectmen of Norwood.
Attest: WALTER A. BLASENAK, Town Clerk and Accountant.
STATE PRIMARIES
September 17, 1940
The warrant calling the meeting was read by the Chairman of the Selectmen, Charles E. Houghton. The Election Officers who were notified to be present were sworn by Selectman Houghton. The polls were declared open for the reception of ballots at 8:45 o'clock A. M.
The votes were canvassed and the following results announced in open meeting:
REPUBLICAN PARTY
Governor
Leverett Saltonstall, had five hundred and fifty-nine (559) Blanks, twenty-seven (27)
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Lieutenant Governor
Horace T. Cahill, had five hundred and fifty-seven (557) Blanks, twenty-nine (29)
Secretary
Frederic W. Cook, had five hundred fifty-two (552) Blanks, thirty-four (34)
Treasurer
William E. Hurley, had five hundred thirty-seven (537) Blanks, forty-nine (49)
Auditor
Russell A. Wood, had five hundred thirty-seven (537) Blanks, forty-nine (49)
Attorney General
Clarence A. Barnes, had one hundred eighty (180) Robert T. Bushnell, had sixty-five (65)
William C. Crossley, had thirty-two (32) Edward R. Dewing, had two hundred twenty-seven (227) Michael A. Fredo, had three (3)
George W. Roberts, had forty-five (45) Blanks, thirty-four (34)
Senator in Congress
Henry Parkman, Jr., had five hundred and twenty (520) Blanks, sixty-six (66)
Congressman, Thirteenth District
Richard B. Wigglesworth had five hundred fifty-three (553) Blanks, thirty-three (33)
Councillor, Second District
Clayton L. Havey, had three hundred ninety-four (394) David A. Chapman, had eighteen (18) Joseph B. Grossman, had eighty-five (85) Louis Shindler, had two (2)
Thomas Walter Taylor, had forty-seven (47) Blanks, forty (40)
Senator, Second Norfolk District
Mason Sears, had four hundred thirty-five (435) Blanks, fifty-one (51)
Representatives in General Court, Seventh Norfolk District Charles F. Holman, had five hundred twenty (520) James Austin Peckham, had four hundred forty-eight (448) Scattering, one (1) Blanks, two hundred and three (203)
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Clerk of Courts, Norfolk County
Robert B. Worthington, had five hundred and nine (509) Blanks, seventy-seven (77)
Register of Deeds, Norfolk County
Walter W. Chambers, had five hundred and twenty-six (526) Blanks, sixty (60)
County Commissioners, Norfolk County
Russell T. Bates, had three hundred thirty-eight (338) Edward W. Hunt, had two hundred and two (202) Rodney S. Adams, had one hundred and five (105) Louis K. Badger, had twenty-three (23) Robert R. Bishop, had two hundred seventy-two (272) John J. Cashman, had forty-two (42) Blanks, one hundred and ninety (190)
Delegates to State Convention
Rosewell A. Norton, had three hundred fifty-one (351) Mario C. Scampini, had two hundred ninety-seven (297) John J. Murphy, had three hundred and nineteen (319) Robert W. Riemer, had three hundred and ten (310) H. William Anderson, had three hundred twenty-two (322) Gordon F. Woodberry, had three hundred twenty-five (325) Arthur H. Cook, had three hundred fifty (350) Esther J. Deeb, had three hundred and six (306) Ernest G. Paciorkowski, had two hundred seventy-seven (277) Herbert A. Baker, had three hundred fifty-eight (358) Florence H. LeFevre, had three hundred sixty-one (361) Joseph E. Traylor, had one hundred twenty-one (121) Blanks, twenty-seven hundred forty-nine (2749)
DEMOCRATIC PARTY
Governor
Paul A. Dever, had two hundred forty-four (244) Francis E. Kelly, had one hundred twenty-five (125) Blanks, thirteen (13)
Lieutenant Governor
John C. Carr, had one hundred twelve (112) Owen A. Gallagher, had one hundred fifty-nine (159) Francis P. Kelley, had fifty-five (55) Michael Phillip McCarron, had three (3) Charles E. O'Neill, had nine (9) Raymond A. Willett, Jr., had eleven (11) Blanks, thirty-three (33)
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Secretary
Albert L. Fish, had twenty-three (23) Katherine A. Foley, had one hundred ninety-eight (198) Arthur Michael MacCarthy, had fifty-seven (57) Albert E. Morris, had forty-four (44) Blanks, sixty (60)
Treasurer
Earnest J. Brown, had seventeen (17) Patrick M. Cahill, had fifty-nine (59)
Joseph W. Doherty, had seventy.three (73) John J. Donahue, had one hundred twenty-one (121) John J. McGrath, had forty-eight (48) Blanks, sixty-four (64)
Auditor
Thomas J. Buckley, had one hundred ninety-three (193) Thomas P. Flaherty, had fifty-five (55) William P. Husband, Jr., had forty-five (45) Leo D. Walsh, had thirty-eight (38) Blanks, fifty-one (51)
Attorney General
John H. Backus, had twenty-six (26) James Henry Brennan, had forty-nine (49) Thomas M. Burke, had thirty-two (32) Joseph V. Carroll, had forty-three (43) Jeannette C. Chisholm, had nine (9) Joseph Finnegan, had eighty-four (84) John W. Lyons, had twenty-two (22) Edward A. Ryan, had seventeen (17) Harold W. Sullivan, had sixty-one (61) Blanks, thirty-nine (39)
Senator in Congress
David I. Walsh, had three hundred and two (302) Blanks, eighty (80)
Congressman Thirteenth District
Andrew T. Clancy, had one hundred sixty-four (164) Francis G. O'Neill, had one hundred thirty-eight (138) Blanks, eighty (80)
Councillor, Second District
Louis Shindler, had two hundred twenty-four (224) Blanks, one hundred fifty-eight (158)
Senator, Second Norfolk District Scattering, seven (7) Blanks, three hundred seventy-five (375)
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Representatives in General Court, Seventh Norfolk District Joseph A. Fitzgibbons, had two hundred and forty (240) Scattering, four (4) Blanks, five hundred and twenty (520)
Clerk of Courts, Norfolk County
Romeo Assetta, had two hundrel and fifteen (215) Blanks, one hundred and sixty-seven (167)
Register of Deeds, Norfolk County
John Torrey Kenney, had two hundred thirty-seven (237) Blanks, one hundred forty-five (145)
County Commissioners, Norfolk County
Scattering, seven (7) Blanks, seven hundred fifty-seven (757)
Delegates to State Convention
John Joseph Conley, had two hundred thirty-two (232) Thomas A. Kerr, had two hundred nineteen (219) Clement A. Riley, had two hundred eighteen (218) Edmund F. Sullivan, had two hundred thirty (230) James A. Donahue, had two hundred ten (210) James G. Rorke, had two hundred seven (207) William F. J. Nolan, Jr., had two hundred and five (205) John Francis Foley, had two hundred and twelve (212) Dominic Mitchell, had one hundred eighty-three (183) John E. Drummey, had two hundred twenty (220) George L. Kozak, had one hundred seventy-three (173) Blanks, eighteen hundred ninety-three (1893)
Attest: WALTER A. BLASENAK,
Town Clerk and Accountant.
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SELECTIVE SERVICE REGISTRATION
In accordance with the proclamation of the President of the United States dated September 16, 1940, the registration of all male persons, whether citizens of the United States or not, other than those exempt by law, who have reached the twenty-first anni- versary of the day of their birth but who have not reached the thirty-sixth anniversary of the day of their birth on or before October 16, 1940, will be held in the Gymnasium Section of the Junior High School, Washington Street, Norwood, Mass., October 16, 1940, 7:00 o'clock A. M. until 9:00 o'clock P. M. It is the duty of every male citizen of the United States and of every male alien residing in the United States to present himself for and submit to registration in compliance with the proclamation of the President.
WALTER A. BLASENAK, Town Clerk. Charged with supervision of the Selective Service Registration Attest: WALTER A. BLASENAK, Town Clerk and Accountant.
THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
Norfolk, ss.
In pursuant of the foregoing notice the inhabitants of the Town of Norwood eligible for registration under the Selective Service Act met in the Gymnasium Section of the Junior High School on Wash- ington Street on Wednesday the Sixteenth day of October, A. D. 1940 at 7:00 o'clock in the forenoon. The meeting was called to order by the Chief Registrar, Raymond K. Morrow. The notice calling for the registration for Selective Service was read by the Town Clerk and Accountant Walter A. Blasenak. The Assistant Registrars who were notified to be present were sworn by the Chief Registrar to the faithful performance of their duty.
In accordance with the Selective Service Regulation Volume No. 1, namely, Registration, the Gymnasium Section of the Junior High School was properly fitted up as a registration place, suitable tables and equipment provided for the convenience of the regis- trants. Cards of instruction and specimen registration certificates and cards were posted within the auditorium. The Town Clerk and Accountant delivered to the Chief Registrar, Registration Cards Form No. 1, three thousand four hundred seventy-four (3,474), Registration Certificates Form No. 2, twenty-nine hundred (2,900) and took receipt therefor.
At the close of the registration an actual count of the registra- tion cards and certificates showed, Form No. 1, Used Registration Cards, one thousand seven hundred and sixty-nine (1,769). Form
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No. 1, Unused Registration Cards, One thousand six hundred thirty- six (1,636) Form No. 1, Spoiled Registration Cards, sixty-nine (69). Form No. 2, Unused Registration Certificates, one thousand one hundred and one (1,101). Form No. 2, Spoiled Registration Certificates, thirty (30).
At 9:00 o'clock in the afternoon Chief Registrar Raymond K. Morrow declared the registration closed.
Attest: WALTER A. BLASENAK,
Town Clerk and Accountant
THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS TOWN OF NORWOOD
WARRANT FOR STATE ELECTION
Norfolk, ss.
To either of the Constables of the Town of Norwood Greeting :
In the name of the Commonwealth you are hereby required to notify and warn the inhabitants of the Town of Norwood, qualified to vote in elections and town affairs, to assemble in the State Armory on Nahatan Street, Norwood on Tuesday, the Fifth day of November, A. D. 1940, at 6:30 o'clock in the forenoon, then and there to give in their votes for. Electors of President and Vice President of the United States; Governor, Lieutenant Governor; Secretary ; Treasurer; Auditor; Attorney General; Senator in Con- gress; Representative in Congress 13th District; Councillor 2nd District; Senator 2nd Norfolk District; Two Representatives in General Court Seventh Norfolk District; Clerk of Courts for Nor- folk County; Register of Deeds for Norfolk County; Two County Commissioners for Norfolk County; and to vote on the follow- ing questions, (To obtain a full expression of opinion, voters should vote on all three of the following questions :-
(a) If a voter desires to permit the sale in this town of any and all alcoholic beverages to be drunk on and off the premises where sold, he will vote "YES" on all three questions.
(b) If he desires to permit the sale herein of wines and malt beverages only to be drunk on and off the premises where sold, he
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will vote "NO" on question one, "YES" on question two and "NO" on question three.
(c) If he desires to permit the sale herein of all alcoholic bev- erages but only in packages, so called, not to be drunk on the premises where sold, he will vote "NO" on questions one and two and "YES" on question three.
(d) If he desires to permit the sale herein of wines and malt beverages to be drunk on and off the premises where sold and in addition other alcoholic beverages but only in packages, so called, not to be drunk on the premises where sold, he will vote "NO" on question one and "YES" on questions two and three.
(e) If he desires to prohibit the sale herein of any and all al- coholic beverages whether to be drunk on or off the premises where sold, he will vote "NO" on all three questions.
1. Shall licenses be granted in this town for the sale therein of all alcoholic beverages (Whiskey, rum, gin, YES malt beverages, wines and all other alcoholic beverages NO
2. Shall licenses be granted in this town for the sale YES therein of wines and other malt beverages (wines and beer, ale and all other malt beverages? NO
3. Shall licenses be granted in this town for the sale therein of all alcoholic beverages in packages, so called, not to be drunk on the premises. NO
YES
"Shall the Senator from this district be instructed to vote for legislation providing for ten dollars weekly pay- ments to each recipient of old age assistance?" NO
"Shall the Senator from this district be instructed to vote for the establishment of a lottery to be conducted by the Commonwealth, the net proceeds of which shall pro- NO
YES
YES
vide additional revenue for the Old Age Assistance Fund?"
The polls shall be open at 6:30 o'clock in the forenoon and shall be kept open until 8:00 o'clock in the afternoon, when they shall be closed.
And you are directed to serve this warrant by posting attested copies thereof in ten public places in this town, seven days at least before the time and day of said meeting. Hereof fail not and make due return of this warrant with your doings thereon to the Select- men on or before the day and time of said meeting.
Given under our hands at Norwood, this twenty-second day of October A. D. 1940.
CHARLES F. HOLMAN, JOHN E. FOLAN, HERBERT V. BRADY, HARRY B. BUTTERS, Selectmen of Norwood.
Attest : WALTER A. BLASENAK, Town Clerk and Accountant
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STATE ELECTION November 5, 1940
The Warrant calling the meeting was read by Chairman of the Selectmen Charles E. Houghton. The election officers who were notified to be present were sworn by Chairman of the Selectmen Charles E. Houghton. The presiding election officer Charles E. Houghton, declared the polls open for the reception of ballots at 6:30 o'clock in the forenoon. The polls were declared closed at 8:00 o'clock in the afternoon. The votes were canvassed and the following result announced in open meeting.
President and Vice President
Aiken and Orange, Socialist Labor Party, had three (3)
Babson and Moorman, Prohibition. had twelve (12)
Browder and Ford, Communist Party, had twenty-nine (29) Roosevelt and Wallace, Democratic Party, had three thousand six hundred and eighty-one (3,681)
Willkie and McNary, Republican Party, had three thousand three hundred and eighty-five (3,385)
Blanks, one hundred and twelve (112)
Governor
Henning A. Blomen, Socialist Labor Party, had nine (9) Jeffrey W. Campbell, Socialist Party, had nine (9)
Paul A. Dever, Democratic Party, had three thousand seven hundred and two (3,702)
Otis Archer Hood, Communist Party, had twenty-eight (28) E. Tallmadge Root, Prohibition, had three (3)
Leverett Saltonstall, Republican Party, had three thousand three hundred and thirty (3,330)
Blanks, one hundred and fifty-three (153)
Lieutenant Governor
Horace T. Cahill, Republican Party, had three thousand three hundred and fourteen (3,314)
Hugo DeGregory, Communist Party, had forty-six (46)
Owen A. Gallagher, Democratic Party, had three thousand five hundred and forty-four (3,544)
Walter S. Hutchins, Socialist Party, had twenty-two (22)
George L. McGlynn, Socialist Labor Party, had nine (9) Guy S. Williams, Prohibition, had thirty-eight (38)
Blanks, two hundred and sixty-one (261)
Secretary
Frederic W. Cook, Republican party, had three thousand six hundred and fourteen (3,614)
Katherine A. Foley, Democratic Party, had three thousand two hundred and thirty-two (3,232)
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Thomas F. P. O'Dea, Communist Party, had forty-six (46) Modestino Torra, Socialist Labor Party, had fourteen (14) Peter Wartianinen, Jr. Socialist Party, had twenty-three (23) Blanks, three hundred and five (305)
Treasurer
John J. Donahue, Democratic Party, had three thousand four hundred and three (3,403)
Henry Grossman, Communist Party, had fifty (50)
Thomas Hamilton, Prohibition, had thirty-two (32)
William E. Hurley, Republican Party, had three thousand three hundred and sixty-eight (3,368)
Malcolm T. Rowe, Socialist Labor Party, had thirteen (13) Andrew Swenson, Socialist Party, had thirty-six (36)
Blanks, three hundred and thirty-two (332)
Auditor
Arthur R. Buckley, Communist Party, had seventy-six (76) Thomas J. Buckley, Democratic Party, had three thousand six hundred and two (3,602)
Charles H. Daniels, Socialist Party, had twenty-three (23) Bernard G. Kelly, Socialist Labor Party, had twelve (12) Harry W. Kimball, Prohibition, had forty-seven (47)
Russell A. Wood, Republican Party, had three thousand ninety (3,090)
Blanks, three hundred and eighty-four (384)
Attorney General
James Henry Brennan, Democratic Party, had three thousand five hundred and forty-eight (3,548)
Robert T. Bushnell, Republican Party, had three thousand one hundred and ninety-three (3,193)
Joseph C. Figueiredo, Communist Party, had thirty-seven (37) Austin H. Fittz, Prohibition, had thirty-one (31)
Charles R. Hill, Socialist Party, had twenty-one (21)
Fred E. Oelcher, Socialist Labor Party, had thirteen (13) Blanks, three hundred ninety-one (391)
Senator In Congress
Philip Frankfeld, Communist Party, had forty-seven (47) Horace I. Hillis, Socialist Labor Party, had twelve (12) George Lyman Paine, Socialist Party, had thirteen (13
Henry Parkman, Jr., Republican Party, had two thousand six hundred and ten (2,610)
George L. Thompson, Prohibition, had twenty-six (26)
David I. Walsh, Democratic Party, had four thousand two hun- dred and seventy-nine (4,279)
Blanks, two hundred and forty-seven (247)
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Congressman Thirteenth District
Francis G. O'Neill, Democratic Party, had three thousand one hundred and twenty-seven (3,127)
Freeman Putney, Jr., Prohibition, had twenty-six (26)
Richard B. Wigglesworth, Republican Party, had three thousand seven hundred and fifty (3,750)
Blanks, three hundred and thirty-one (331)
Councillor, Second District
Clayton L. Havey, Republican Party, three thousand three hun- dred ninety-five (3,395)
Louis Shindler, Democratic Party, three thousand one hundred and fifty-six (3,156)
Blanks, six hundred eighty-three (683)
Senator, Second Norfolk District
Mason Sears, Republican Party, had four thousand seven hun- dred and fifty (4,750)
Blanks, two thousand four hundred and eighty-three (2,483) Scattering, one (1)
Representatives in General Court, Seventh Norfolk District
Joseph A. Fitzgibbons, Democratic Party, had three thousand fifty-nine (3,059)
Charles F. Holman, Republican Party, had four thousand seven hundred and eighty-five (4,785)
James Austin Peckham, Republican, had two thousand three hundred and eighty-seven (2,387)
Blanks, four thousand two hundred and thirty-seven (4,237)
Clerk of Courts, Norfolk County
Romeo Assetta, Democratic Party, had two thousand nine hundred and fifty two (2,952)
Robert B. Worthington, Republican Party, had three thousand six hundred and twenty-one (3,621)
Blanks, six hundred and sixty-one (661)
Register of Deeds, Norfolk County
Walter W. Chambers, Republican Party, had three thousand two hundred (3,200)
John Torrey Kenney, Democratic Party, had three thousand three hundred and eighty-two (3,382)
Blanks, six hundred and fifty-two (652)
County Commissioners, Norfolk County
Russell T. Bates, Republican Party, had four thousand four hun- dred seventy-three (4,473)
Edward W. Hunt, Republican Party, had three thousand eight hundred sixty nine (3,869)
Blanks, six thousand one hundred and twenty-five (6,125) Scattering, had one (1)
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Question No. 1
Yes, four thousand four hundred and eighty-eight (4,488) No, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-three (1,823) Blanks, nine hundred and twenty-three (923)
Question No. 2
Yes, four thousand three hundred and seventy (4,370) No, one thousand six hundred and seventy-six (1,676) Blanks, one thousand one hundred and eighty-eight (1,188)
Question No. 3
Yes, four thousand six hundred and forty-three (4,643) No, one thousand four hundred and thirty-eight (1,438) Blanks, one thousand one hundred and fifty-three (1,153)
Question of Public Policy
Yes, four thousand six hundred and fourteen (4,614) No, eight hundred and fifty-five (855)
Blanks, one thousand seven hundred and sixty five (1,765)
Question of Public Policy
Yes, three thousand nine hundred and seven (3,907) No, one thousand four hundred and ninety-eight (1,498) Blanks, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-nine (1,829)
Attest: WALTER A. BLASENAK, Town Clerk and Accountant
MEETING OF TOWN CLERKS
In meeting of the Town Clerks of the Town of Norwood, Welles- ley, Westwood and Dover, said towns comprising the Seventh Nor- folk Representative District, and held this day in the Town Clerk's office, Memorial Municipal Building, Norwood at 12:00 o'clock noon, in accordance with the provisions of Section 125 of Chapter 54 of the General Laws, for the purpose of examining the copies of records of votes of every such voting precinct and town in such district cast in the State Election on November 5, 1940, for the purpose of determining who appears to be elected to the office of Representative in said district.
We hereby subscribe our signatures and certify that the follow- ing is a schedule of all persons for whom votes were cast for Rep- resentatives and the number of votes cast for each person for said office in said District:
Joseph A. Fitzgibbons of Dover (D) In Norwood, three thousand fifty-nine (3,059)
In Wellesley, one thousand five hundred twenty-one (1,521)
In Westwood, four hundred and nine (409)
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